Article for neckwear



May 29. 1945. H LOGAN 2,377,019

ARTI LE FOR NECKWEAR Filed Sfat. 26, 1942 INVENTOR5- I Waldofl Lqgan,

Patented May 29, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,377,019 ARTICLE FOR NECKWEAR" Waldo H. Logan, Chicago, Ill. 7 Application. September 26, 1942, Serial No. 459,799

1 Claim.

ties are ordinarily tightly knotted, and consequently such ties are subject to appreciable wear in the knotted portions thereof. Ordinarily fraying of the necktie occurs first in such portions.

Since the knot of a four-in-hand tie is ordinarily disposed immediately beneath the chin of the wearer, ties of the character mentioned rapidly become soiled at the knot through contact with the wearers chin. As soon as a necktie thus becomes soiled or frayed, due to wear at the knot,

it is ordinarily thrown away as having outlived its usefulness; and it is an important object of my present'invention to extend the useful service life of neckties by preventing soilage and wear and for concealing wear and soilage in order thus to make attractively wearable and useful worn or soiled neckties which otherwise would be discarded.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a cover or bib adapted for applica-' tion to a four-in-hand tie, after the same has been knotted, in order to cover the knot; a further object being to provide a bib of inexpensive character which may be readily applied and which, when in place, will appear to be a part of the tie itself.

Another important object is to form the bib of material, patterned or colored to afford a pleasing contrast with the material of the tie with which it is used, the bib serving not only to pro- 1 tect the knotted portions of the tie against soilage, but also to enhance the decorative effect of the tie by virtue of'the blending or contrasting color or pattern selected in the bib and the tie with which the same is used. 'Another important object is to provide several tie bibs of contrasting pattern or color, or both, adapted to be merchandised as a bib set as such or in combination with a particular necktie so that by using one or other of the bibs with the tie, a number of pleasing neckwear effects may becreated.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a fabric tie bib comprising a tapered,

sleeve-like body adapted to snugly receive the the back of the enclosed knot to thereby secure the bib on the knot by virtue'of the-tucked-in flap.

, Still another important object is to provide an elastic bib body adapted to contract upon and snugly embrace. a four-in-hand tie knot whereby the bib is adapted tofit a knot of any size within the limits normally encountered in neckwear of the character mentioned.

A still furtherimportant object is to form the sleeve-like body portion of the bib with a panel ofelastic material whereby to contract the; bib body snugly upon'a tie knot, the panel preferably being located in the side of the bib body remote from the tuck-in flapiso that said elastic-panel, when the bib is in'iplace. upon the knot of anecktie, will be disposed in concealed position facing rearwardly of the knot.

These and numerous other important objects, advantages, and inherent functions of the invention will be fully understood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, discloses a preferred embodiment of the invention. i

Referring to the drawing: v

Figure 1 illustrates a bib embodying the present invention as applied to the knot of a four-in-hand tie which is shown in position fitted upon a contral portion [3 extending within the folded collar,

a knot 15 disposed at the front of the. collar and having the downwardly tapered, conventional four-in-hand knot shape, the ends I! and H! of the tie extending through and being dependent f rom the lower end of the knot.

As heretofore mentioned, the knot l5, being disposedimmediately-beneath the chin of the wearer, is apt to become soiled through contact with the wearers chin more rapidly than the remaining portions of the necktie. Furthermore, since a four-in-hand tie, for the sake of neatness, is tightly knotted, fraying and wear ordinarily first occur at the knotted portions, and the tie may be rendered unwearable through fraying and soilage at the knot while the larger, decorative portion. of the tie, namely, the large end l9, remains in useful, wearable condition.

In order to extend the useful life of neckties of the four-in-hand variety embodying a downwardly tapering knot I5, I provide a knot cover or bib 2| comprising fabric material formed to provide a taperedsleeve-like body portion 23 and a tucking flap 25. The bib may be applied to the necktie after the formation of the knot I5 by inserting the tie-ends I! and I9. through' the sleeve-like body 23 and sliding the bib upwardly until the knot I5 is received therein. The tucking flap 25 is mounted on the bib body 23 at the upper, or.

larger, end thereof in position to be curled rearwardly over the top of the knot l5; the'flap'25 being sufiiciently long to enable the:end thereof to be tucked into the sleeve-like body 23 at the back of the knot and thereby'held in-place;

It will be noted that the opposite side edgesof the flap 25 adjacent the body are cut away as at 21 to'receive'the knot-'connectedends of th'eneck encirclingtie portionl3; and 'theflap maybe tapered from its widest portion 29 toward the-"flap tucking end thereof to facilitate tucking operation while atthe same time: disposing saidvvidest portion 29-at the. top of the tie knot-1 5:

In order that the sleeve-like knot enclosing body 2'3 may snugly'embrace the tie knot: when in place thereon, said body 2 3 'is preferably of elastic construction'so thattthe same may conform to the shape of thetieknot; To thisrend; the bib maycomprise a piece of, fabric including .a body forming; portion 33 1having. opposite side edges 35 converging inwardly toward the lowernedge of the fabric piece, the 'tuckingflap: being connected to thezbody rformingzportion; 33 substantially cen. trally and; at the upperedgeof1the-b0dy forming portion 33.

The-body. formingpor-tion-33is curved to the desired. tapered, sleeve-like form by bringing the edges; into spaced apartrelationship, and said edges areiconnected together by any suitable elastic meansformingvapanel- 31 between and, inter.- connecting said spacedv edges 35. The elastic means forming the connecting panel 31 maycomprise. any suitable-knitted,netted, woven or other elastic-:fabric secured in any preferredfashion between the edges 35, as shown so. as to constitute the fabric portion 33 and the elastic-panel 31, as

. an :elastic or. stretchable sheath .adaptedito. contract upon and conformito. the shape (lfxthetie knot to which it is applied.

As shown more particularly in Figure 4 of the drawing, the panel 3'! preferably comprises a wovenelastic strip secured atits edges, as. by stitching 39 to the opposed edges 35 of thepanel formingporti'on-33; the-stitchededges of the panel portion 3T'being inter-folded with the edges 35 in forming the stitched seams whereby [to prevent flap at the front thereof. The hollow cone-shaped part extends over the tie to cover the tie knot, and the flap extends over the upper edge of the knot and is then tucked in between the rear inner side of the tubular member and the back of the tie knot, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

If desired, of course, the tucking flap 25 may be formed as a piece separate from the portion 33 and secured thereto, as indicated in dotted lines at 43, the base of the .flap, in that event, being secured to the inner surface of the body forming portion 33, th upper edge of which will extend in front of the base of the flap when the bib is in mounted position on the tie knot,

The protecting bibs or sheaths may be made in setsof contrasting colors, or they may be made of diiferently patterned materials, or both. A number of bibs may be merchandised either as a set, to be retailed as such, or each bib may be sold individually, or may be merchandised in combination with a particular necktie; and where a bib is worn ona necktie of contrasting color or pattern, itaffords'an attractive adjunct for the creation of pleasing and'novel neckwear combinations. Different protecting sheaths or bibs, of course, may be worn successively on the same tie, or they may be wornsuccessively' on'di-fl'erent ties, thereby affording a wide range ofsartorial effects at'minimum expense, and'employing a minimum number of neckties and sheaths or bibs.

While the primary purpose of the present in vention is to afford means for'producing a wide variety of pleasing neckwear combinations, the bibs do also protect the tie knot against soil'age and conceal the effects of wear at the tie knot, thereby materially increasing the effective service life of the tie itself.

It is thought that the invention and its numerous attendant advantages will be fully understood from the foregoing description, and it is obvious that numerouschanges may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit or scope of the k invention, orsacrifloing any of its'attendant advantages, the form herein disclosed beinga preferred embodiment for the purpose of illustrating the invention.

The invention is hereby claimed as follows:

A tie knot shield comprising a piece of fabric and a strip of elastic material extending between and secured to the opposite side edges of said piece of fabric and holding the same in yieldingly spaced relationship, substantially throughout the length of said side edges, thereby forming a tubulantapered and resiliently contractile sheath WALDO H. LOGAN. 

